The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-30 00:00:00

- . 11 AILS. ililftl)2 Dublin. Duz— z Gottenburgh, i Dublin, 3 NAlterford. PRICE OF STOCXS THIS DAY AT TWECVS O'CLOCK. Gonsols = - --- - - 64 1 0: THE SUN. .1"; SOLENT qt7l3 pictr.x FALSUIII AUDFAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1808. , formed that hereditary distinaions were essential to 1 , • , Mouarchical Government, the-food of honour, and the 'basis . of that Government _which the power of i '.national chara6ter, (not military coercion) had rt.- . staid But the chief reason ,for this restoration of ; tltles n France is acknOwledged 'to be " by tll6.ie thblishMent of lmperial titles to eradi- - I tObe." last roots of a tree _which the ,hand of time (not the fury ,of a democratic' storm) had thrown away." The Arch-Chancello i r pro . ceeded to inform them, that the new Establishment will enable " the servants of the Church to.confer upon their nephew; that title Which others convey to their descendants." ThiS privilege, of course, applies to .those. Servants of.the Church who are prohibited from marrying, and hence we May judge of the,morals of those Ec clesiastics, and wlici - their nephews are likely to be. He inipiously denominated this new EstablishMent " the . heirarcliy of Fame ; and . after speaking of BiloNApAare,as " a Monarch who has, eternized the veneration of the um verse," he concluded with ordering the Statutes for this purpose, signed by NAPOLEON, to be read to the 'Assembly. Such ii the fruit of that Revolu tion, the chief obje& of which was the extiaetion of all hereditary,'titles ; and it, is not a little curious - that. ..among,.this. subservient Senate are,. doubtless, many persons WhO were most aetive n in the destrutaion of that very order of things which they are now called "upon to re-establish ! ! ALL the accounts which we have recently re-. ceived from Sweden tend to prove that the. Emperor ALEXANDER' has not only espoused the cause, but adopted the principles, of BUONAPARTE. After having declared War against Sweden upon the ; most frivolous pretexts, instead of carrying on that war in an open and honourable manner, he has had re- . - course to expedients which even BUONAPARTE would , be ashamed to avow., • He not only endeavoured to induce the People of Finland to betray their Coun try, but he offered rewards to such of them as would rob. their Sovereign of arms,.horses, &c. — These dishonourable attempts are, we have no doubt, the result of French councils. If' they suc ceed, the King of `SweDEN , must fall, but whether they succeed or fail, the Emperor of IttigilA, by adopting them, must- degrade himself in the eyes of his own subjeas and of Europe, and consequently r ender himself more dependent upon France. The last accounts .from Sweden state, that the Swedish MI , ulster, Baron DA amt ELDT, bad received a letter from Count 11 . 0MANZOFP, offering him a very consider; 4ble sum of rutiney, besides a Principality, on condi tion that he would betray his Sovereign, and endea'- your to create an Insurredion' in Stockholin. It is added, that the Baron, upon the receipt of this let ter, laid it before his Sovereign, who, of course, amply rewarded him for his loyalty. It is probable that this circumstance may have given ris , to the report to which we adverted yesterday of . 4 . 1 .4 1 Insur rAlion having taken place in Stockholm. His MAJESTY has not been out of the Palace since Sunday, oit account of the bleak winds. He comes to town this day: The Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA take their 'usual .daily rides on horseback in Windsor Park. The Princess AMELIA has not resumed that wholesome 'exercise since her indisposition: . with ,the meazles. On Monday the Duke of CUMBERLAND paid a vi sit to their MAJESTIES add the PRINCESSES. 'Yester day his Royal Highness, with the Duke of CANI BRIDGE, left Windsor for London. Yesterday the Duke, of YORK held a public day at his Office in the Horse Guards, and, gave audiences to the Marquis of T\VEEDALE, the Earl of ROSSLYN, arid an assemblage of Military Officers. An Order in Council in last night's Gazette con- .. - . IT is. confidently stated in Private Letters from the • tinues to allow,. for the space of sot montlks; from , •ithe .28th day of this instant March, the importation Continent, that BU ONAPARTE has b een * carrying on 1 .of hides, .pieces of hides, tkessed or undressed, a Negotiation with the Court of Denmark, for the horns, "or pieces of borne . , tallow and *wool (except purpose of haying 20 French Sail of the Litie math - ' cotton wool), and goat skins, 'dettiSd or undressed, in any Foreign Ship or Vessel ned by Danish Sailors, who were to be taken, into ! - • We understand that 3leps.ox the Fleet pre the service of France. When the two Courts bow-f ' , paring for. the Baltic are to in divisions or singly, ever had finally adjusted the terms, the Danish' Sai- , as soon as they can severally put, to sea, and nut wait . . fors positively declined entering into the Service till the y ateready . ' any Foreign. Power, though they. professed 'them of i •all , • . The late King of Spain, CUARLES, the Third, whO ! died at Madrid, in December 1•73 a, declared' durin4 - selves ready •to engage in defence of ,their Country.. i= his illness, that he fi rmly believed, that in the course • The matter it seems was not settled when this intelli- .* ,of twenty years, the Spanish dominions would be ' . , gence was brought away. It is not likely that if this re- I come , ft not totally subjugated by, the tributaries' fir!' port is well 101.1111(leU .101 . nU6NAPAIITE winsemiquisb his - -„ „ 1 Government of France ; the time of the, ProplieCy ; has .now nearly claimed. . i • v purpose; and it is conjeftured that the two Courts will i, Several Letters were received yesterday from Lis devise some" expedient, in order to induce the. Sailors I. ban, of dates . to the 3d inst. „One of them, in parti to engage, either by a pretended loan of the Ships on i cular, is from high authority, and states, What has been aad affirmed ef that king of Par the part of France, or a purghase by Denmark. i tugal i lr s e now y on the ev b e of a ore, famine th , e a calamity which We should be happy to find that the Sailors main- i has long been foreseen and dreaded by theuntbrtunate twin the same patriotic spirit, and have sense enough 1 natives. The town of Lisbon having been more thin it should b 8 to see through such a deception, it' any other plabe in Portugal over-run by French troops, • • i is . the first . to experience the effects of scarcity.— attempted. I.,Fleur, ,Which is sold in America at two dollars per barrel, in Lisbon will fetch 32. The lower classes of people, who are destitute of money to purchase at that extravagaht rate, are literally starving in the streets, and the mosi distressing scenes are, daily wit nessed. General JUNOT dispatched parties of hprse 'daily to scour the country tin- corn ; • bat the fael is, • that the nation' is completely drained, and that the farmers never-ceased to furnish the markets 'as long as they had more to spare than supplied their own families. Bat now wherever the French come, .tliey seize all, without considering the destitute state of the owner. .Advises from Seville have reached town to the 17th inst. ' That place is filled with. French, and the people are astonished at the daily arrival al fresh French • forces in Spain, now that Portugal is com pletely stibdued. The French force now in Spain is not less than 100,000 men. • . ' Some more 'letters from Holland have reached town. They are dated the 24th inst. but their con tents are altogether uninteresting. A Court of Aldermen 'Was held yesterday at Guildhall. The court, on examining the Meal weighers' Returns, ordered the price of Bread to be continued at 1 id. the Quarteru Loaf. THE skill and gallantry of Capt. PROWSR, of the Sirius, in preserving the Convoy entrusted to his. care, were eminently 'conspicuous : he first con- .. trived to lead the Enemy's ,Frigates away from tbe , Fleet, and when they separated, and the sternmost tacked and stood after the. Merehantmen, be imme diately bore down on the other,' as if determined to engage, upod which the Enemy immediately re-. galled her consort. This ManceuVre. he repeated more than once; nor did he make sail until he pe.r7. ceived the Convoy to be in security. At first the Enemy's Trigates outsailed him ; hut , by throwing . two of his anchors overboard, and carrying some of his guns aft, he found he had the advantage. Such . was the countenance he shewed, and such the in trepidity of his conduCt, that the Enemy never dared to encounter him singly. will appear the more extraordinary, when it is knowil that the'Sirius is a Vessel of the smallest size, Mountingoniy twenty eight guns, and the Enemy's .heavy Frigates carry ing forty-eight and fifty guns. It is with sincere The 53d Regiment, under the eariunand of Co lonel BINGHAM, marches from Wemouth to . .mor row and Friday next, for Blatching ton Barracks. Admi;al ROWLEY is expe6ted to leave town on Sunday, to join the Melpomene Frigate, which is to, take him to Jamaica , on which station it is said' h6s-to have the"Chiuf Command. The Juno, Captain RUTHERFORD, from Lisbon, detained and sent into Plymouth, was boarded by two 'French Corvettes, 'and informed by the Officer, • rhat.twelve Corvettes had sailed from Bourdeaux ,in company, and intended to cruize off the Western Isles. _ - pleasure we infOrth :our Readers, that the Lords of the Admiralty have written, a let ter . to Capt. PROWSE, expressing their high satisfiitaion at his, able and, gallant proceedings, by. which a valuable Convoy has been saved to his Country. It is by liberal'and judicious encouragethent like this, that heroes 'al'e raised up tor the BritiSh Navy I It should be added, that the only Vessel taken was a 4111311 Brig, which got entangled with the,land. WE stated a tew days ago that IlumlArsuTa had revived the titles of Nobility in France, not, how ever, for any of the former possessors,' of such titles, but in order to . reward the instruments of his elevation and the supporter ) )s of . his Throne. The Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, as he is, called, repaired to the Senate, who assemb&l for the purpose of receiving him, tin thel Ith inst•c;an4 he addressed a long speech to them declaratory of the Emperor's gracious intentions. They were in On Moridoy, about half-past two o'clock, the B o i n k o y, a find 74, was launched at the King's Dock-yard . , Peptfurd. She went off the slip in grand style, amidst the plaudits of an immense number of spthators. The article which , has been circulated through the Public Prints, importing that a separation was about to take place between Lord C, and his Lady, is, we are, hap yto say, without foundation. ,His Majesty's Ship Volohtaire is to sail from Portsmouth to-morrow, as convoy to Maim The Nemesis is to convoy the Vessels bound to New foundland and North America, early next month, from Portsmouth, NAVAL NEWS PCMTEMOUTH, MARCEL 29.—Sailed L'Argus Sloop of War,. l for the Irish station. The Hardy Gun-brig has detained and sent into this Port an American Ship, from Caen and the Aiplum :Cutter has captured and sent in the French fishing Smack L'Aimableßose. YAR MOUTH,' MARCH 29.—This morning arrived the Forrester Sloop of War, Capt. RICHARDS, and 12 Sail of Narket-craft, laden with merchandizei which she captured off' the coast of -Holland. SHEERNESS, MARCH 28.-401111 Hawso, a Ma rine, who . deserted . from the Kangai oo , Sloop of War, recei v ed this day t'lle punishment of 150. lashes, alongside the Ships at the Nore, pursuant to the sentence of a Court Martial. The Success and 4a Loire Frigates, for. Greenland, with a great number of 'Whalers, light Colliers, &c. still remain wind bound. Sailed the Diaato . r, of 04 guns, Capt. CAMPBE LL, for Gottenburgh, with the Subsidy tbr the'King of Sweden. MARCH 9.--e Arrived the Tartarus Sloop of War. Mr. W. 9. WEBB (not WEST) is appointed Thar ler of the 4laart, at Chatham. ISLAND Cir SCILLY, MARCH lg.—Sailed His NI i • jeSty's Gun-brig PitaBo with a Fleet of Coasters, for Plymouth, &c. ;The Brig St. Patrick'," from Ireland, botind to PlY mbuth,, writ provisions, has broke. her windlass, and is otherwise damaged ; she will in, conse „ cjuence receive the necessary repairs, and is 'brought on the beach for that purpose: Entered inwards the Mary, of Frilmoutlr, HAR wiy, with coals also` the Richard, of St. Ives, Nozr,, with coals, both from S%Vanspy. Cleared outwards the Brig Union, TRIM:I'ITH EN 5 and the.Brigautine Friendship, both for Cardiff, DEAL, MARCH 4). = . 7 SAiled his , Majesty's Ship . Skylark on a cruize. A meeting of honouri, which, it is feared, will prove ratal to one of the parties, took place on Mon day afternoon, in a field adjoining the village- of Waltham, 'Bucks, between Lieutenant H-I and Mr. W. a Gentleman of fortune at Waltham. The dispute originated in consequence of the Officer, who was on the recruiting service, having persisted in forcing his addresses to a sister of Mr., W. against the consent of all the family, the Lady having. per- Mitted his visits. A casual rencontre, took place on Sunday, when khorSe-whip was 'introduced, and on the Lieutenant calling. again on the subsequent day, a dUel was the constqdence, and Mr. W. wounded his antagonist dangeronay 'in the hip. Tits THEAME.--The; Comic Opera of The Tra vellers in Switzerland, which has been revived with so many improvements in the dialogue, the scenery, the music, and the general merit of the performance at Covent Garden Theatre, was repeated - last night with• increased success. Yesterday the. Lady in the scarlet ,cloak and .fur cap, who has for some tinie past attended the Court of Chancery, and Occasionally addressed the Loan Ca A N csuma respecting some property she claims in.. a light-house upon the Kentish- Coast, interrupted the proceedings, atrd harangued his Lordship at some length. She conylained that her charaler had, been held up to public observation by a statement in the newspapers w hich described her as following his Lordship "to his private room. 'Where was the impropriety ? She had placed some papers in hii Lordship;s hands, and he bad kindly promised to pe yuse them. Her motive, therefore, in following his Lordship , to his anti-room was to obtain his Lord ship's opinion upon their contents; at the same time she would not hesitate to trust herself in any private apartment with his Lordship, as he was a gentleman and a man of honour.—She added, that she was anxious to obtain, his -Lordship's answer; and as she was aware that persons of nis Lordship's high consideration had much important business to atend to, she must press him to state expressly on what day it would be convenient for him. to give his opi . nion upon the papers in question ?—The CuariceL -1.011, with the greatest affability and good nature, said, he would speak to her the day after to morrow. The Lady thanked his.. Lordship,, and said she would • attend accordingly, either in Court or at the ptivate room. His Lordship said he must peremptorily for bid the. latter: • BREACH OF PROMISE, Szc.—At the late Hereford Assizes, in an anion brought by Miss Matty, of the. Wear, near, Hereford, against Mr. Wilson, attorney, near Ross, to recover 4'oool. the penalty of a bond granted by the Defend:Mt to the , Pi:limit', promising her marriage, theJOry, after a long trial, gave a ver dia for the cause, Tate v. Homtray, for words spokett,'a verdict was found for the Plaintiff, with 5 out. damages. A letter from Chelmsford, of the 26th instant, states, " that another of, the victims to the late tre mendous tire at that place died that morning, and 'two others are despaired of. It .also adds, that that there had been anonymous letters received, stat ing, that the whole place would be burned before the 4th of April next." The LORD CHANCELLOR, in winding up the husi ness of the Opera-House on Monday, 'concluded with observing, that the parties were perfealy com petent to ruin thetuselveS, and the concern in whith they were engaged, without the .assistance of the Court. We understand, however, that. a new ar raligoinerw is on the lapis, which seems to he the only means likely to preserve it, as a Considerable number of the Nubility have cope to a determina tion to purchase the whole concern, and the LOkD CHAMBERLAIN has signified his.approbation of their plan.—lf the present Proprietors, therefore, should not concur in the new arrangement, the Public will probably hear no more of the embarrassments of the Old °Peru House. , AMERICA. STATE OF OUR AFFAIRS WITH GREAT 'BRITAIN (FROM A NEW YqRK. PAPER, FEB. 25.) While the public ,is so much alive to the various and contradiEtory rutnoucs respeeling the probable issue of Mr. ROSE'S -Mini= rumours which, in our belief, are todustriously circulated by the friends of the Administration for the purpose of lulling the public - and gaining time, the Editor would think it unpardonable in him, to withhold any inforthation. so Material and so intereiting as that which' he is now aboutto communicate and he would think it equally ,unpaidonable to communicate it, if he was not morally certain of it being perteetlY correEt. We shall make our statement in direct af firmative language, `for we Are very confident it will never be contradi6ted from any quarter descrying cre:!it. . . , :„ Mr. Rovi_probabl'7:sti.spealing, that the indecisive and unsatisfaOtoiytanprage held by our Minister WIIS 1110 a to amuse, soine.day last week had an inter view with him for the express purpose of corning to a precise explanation, 'Arat he might understand dk tirielye his real situation. At this interview -Mr. ttos.F. put to Mr. MADISON this plain question, in substance :---- " Supposing, 'Sir; ilutt I should now, in the name of my Government, orl4llours proper and ample repiration tor the fair of the Chesapc4ke,- and to diachtparcass the question of till possible difficulty, we will suppow toe reparation odiaeti to. be pi:fleetly s..distiittory ; ant 1 tp"tutdersrand, that, this being don, and accepted by the American Govef - itmenr, tits • l'reAdent would then recall the k'rociatitan interclithus British - Ships of War friqn your Vtifti. awl 11a.Luurs P' • .To which Mr. MADP.ON immediately Save, in substance", the following answer : an answer which, we venture to say; will astonish, at least, THI Pao rift or• THE EA 6T4pti STA I;SA. " No, Sir : 'I tell yuu frankly, the President would not.. The attack (in the Chesapeake is by de means considet.al by us as the sole tor principal') eaure.of Complaint against Great Britain, and 1 shall admit to y that if that afl . tir had tki, t• happened, the Pr,:sident .%•ould, in all have soon issced A Piaci:M - 130On of bienil:l. import. the Proclamation is, therefore, not to be rescinded till all cause olcottiplaint is redioved."' • We Suspea tliat when :discerning men, among even Mr. JSFFE . RSON'S friends, come to see this, they will one and all exclaim,'" Can he be so infatuated ? Can ha be so totally ignorant of the sentiments of tha American people as to. believe, (Or a moment, that they will support him in a course so Ontenable, so , unwarrantable, so unjust, so preposterous. ?" Rut We forbear for the ptesont. , * I inclose this in brackets, because my inernoty doe:: not enable me to be certain abont it. Yesterday the following shocking accident hap. pencil in the Home Park, belonging to Hi.-3 Royal Highness the Duke of K . E r, near Kingston. AA a labouring man was passingg-through the, Park, he was attacked by a ferocious hlljl, Sand gored in such a manner; as only to survive a. very - short time. His Roy 4 Highness gave immediate orders to the Keeper of the park to shoot the animal. A well-dressed woman was found drowned in the New Paddington Canal yesterday, and the body was conveyed to the next public 7 house for the inspeetion of the Coroner. The deceased was seen in company with two other well-dressed females, at four o'clock .on . Monday afternoon, walking across the fields above the. Mitre Tavern. A. genteel young man, having the appearance of a military officer who had passed by the name of Howe, arrived in Swansea about five weekS since, and remained there some days. During his stay, in- , formation was received that he 'had obtained pecu niary as4istance; from two or three Gentlemen in South Wales, on his representation that be had been. shipwrecked on the coast of Pembroke, and lost all his property; He was in cOnsequehce taken into custody, and upon being examined - he stated him self to be heir to the title and estates of the family of Howe, and was then going to London to establish hii claim.. His derangement being obvious, he was immediately discharged, with's friendly caution to be more guarded in his conduet. He sailed from thence for Bristol, but owing to contrary winds was put on shore at Ilfracombe, and was last week at Plymouth, - where he assumed the name of Earl Howe, and talked so incoherently as to induce the Mayor to de- , prive him of his sword, and place him under thecae. of a Sheriff's Officer.. At invistock `he aattaily or dered the Volunteera to turn out fin' his inspeolion, as Earl Howe, Governor of Plymouth. A ,letter was on Saturday last received at Plymouth from his Mother, who lives at Holdsworth, North Devon, by which it appeared that this unfortunate young man had escaped ' from his friends, and had been wandering about the country. DESPIMATE On Sunday morning, whilst the Police Officers were fast asleep, a BOxing Match was - decided in the Artichoke Field, near Chalk Farm, between • a Chimney Sweeper and 'a Cheeiemonger; both of St. Giles's, on which several bets were depending% Both, the combatants dis-, played great skill and dexterity in the pugilistic art ; for the first twelve rounds, Cowper, the .Cheese monger., who is of gigantic staturt, had evidently the advantage over his adversary, Kennedy, who was of the Liliputian Breed ; and the bets run five to one in his favour. Here, however, he a pp eare d muchfi nigued, and much disposed to decline, whilst • Sooty evidently recruited—when the bets became even. For the next fo'rounds, vielory seemed doubt ful, and at last declared herself in favour of the SWeep. C.ORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—From the con tinUance of contrary ,winds coast ways, there are still very few arrivals of grain in general; Wheat,- r4r fine samples this week, fetches rather better price and Barley likewise; Malt and White Pease nearly at last prices ; Grey are very dull sale ; tr both sorts are not cheaper ; owing to the short sup ply of Oats this trade is. again at more advance, Rape Seed is higher, and Flour at last prices. - Fourth Day of Drawing.---No; 19,570, drawn, .thiS day a Prize of FIVE I'HOUSAND POUNDS, was sold by HoaNseY and Co. in the following Shares one Quarter,,.two Eighths, and eight Sixteenths ; 'likewise No. 10,337, a Prize of Five HUNDRED POUNDS, in one Half, one Eighth, and six Six - teenths.-o,'Cornhill, 52, Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's-Hill, Borough. NIGH WA,` Ett LONDON lII<IDGE Tu•.MUK. hlytiling, zi rain. aftcr 4. j Aitemoon, 42 min. attct r